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Launching Hereverent!

My first two launch events for Hereverent have been announced!

My publisher is throwing me a virtual launch on April 21 that will be part of the Favorite Poems series! Each poet will read a favorite poem or two from my new book in addition to work of their own. Join me with Fox Henry Frazier, Diane Glancy, Charles Jensen, Tania Runyan, Nicelle Davis, Jen Grace Stewart, Charnell Peters, and Jane Muschenetz!

Register in advance at this link.

And if you’re in San Diego, you can join me in person for a very special Poetry & Jazz book launch celebration on April 20 at 3 p.m. in Cooper Music Parlor at PLNU. I’ll read poems, my friend Brenda will do some jazz piano improvisation in response, and we’ll have dessert! I can’t wait!

In the mean time, you can still pre-order Hereverent! The book officially drops on April 3.

Find me at AWP!

I finally made one of these graphics of where I’ll be at AWP. Will anyone use it to find me? I hope so. I’d love to hug some writers. And I’ll have books! And I’m absurdly excited about the Whale Road Review swag I got to hand out!
The background is a gray-scale skyline of Seattle. The heading says "Find Katie at AWP," and Katie's social media handles are at the bottom left corner of the image: IG: katiemanningpoet Twitter: iamkatmann. Above and below the skyline are the activities Katie has scheduled at AWP: WED 6-8 p.m. Of Gods & Monsters Shawn O'Donnell's 508 2nd Ave. / WED 8-10 p.m. Wed. Night Poetry Cafe Racer 1510 11th Ave. / THURS 2-3 p.m. Book signing MER/SWWIM (#1226) / FRI 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Book signing Rock & Sling (#1410) / FRI 7-9 p.m One Poet, One Poem (Whale Road Review, etc.) St. Paul's Episcopal 15 Roy St. / SAT 3:20 p.m.-4:35 p.m. We're All Imposters Here: On Writing with Imposter Syndrome Rooms 328-329 Summit Building, Level 3

Interview with Glenda Bailey-Mershon

I usually enjoy interviews, but Glenda Bailey-Mershon took interviewing to another level with her incredibly thoughtful questions and generous affirmation of my poems. I think I’ll listen to this again some time when I need a morale boost!

First Friday and WNP

I’ve been sleep deprived and scrambling to finish course prep after what felt like the shortest winter break ever, but somehow I still got to be involved in two poetry readings within the past week, and those were life giving.

The First Friday reading at San Diego Writers, Ink last week was delightful! What a joy to see some faces I didn’t expect to see and to read from How to Play alongside Jane Muschenetz, who read from her forthcoming chapbook and ended with having everyone raise some sparkling cider, and pinch-hitting poet Jill Hall, who stepped in at the last minute to fill in for our sick scheduled reader. Thanks to Tania Pryputniewicz for organizing such a wonderful event and to Kristen Fogle for hosting! (And thanks to Jenn Givhan and Ann Tweedy for sending photos of me!)

And tonight I was part of a virtual event: Wednesday Night Poetry featured Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, and I was one of the readers representing the anthology. The other featured poems were incredible. I can’t wait to hold a copy of this book in my hands! Thanks to host Kai Coggin for featuring us!